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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today welcomed Biosecurity Bill 2014. The Bill, now being considered by the Senate, will strengthen disease control measures to better manage the risk of diseases entering and spreading in Australia. It is supported by four other bills, designed to help ensure smooth transition from the Quarantine Act 1908. Ron Cullen, […]
18 March 2015
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes today’s release of the Government’s response to the 457 visa program, by the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash. Brent Finlay, President of the NFF, said that overseas workers play a small but important part in the Australian agriculture sector. “Australian workers are […]
An unprecedented coalition of groups from the agriculture, fishing, forestry, tourism and resources sectors has joined together to set the record straight on the case for the fuel tax credits scheme, also commonly known as the diesel fuel rebate. The Fuel Tax Credits Coalition today released a new publication, Powering Regional Australia: The Case for […]
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today released its submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Workplace Relations Framework; giving its support to the maintenance of minimum wages. The President of the NFF, Brent Finlay, said that although Australian minimum wages were relatively high by international standards, living costs were also high. “We need to […]
13 March 2015
The NFF 13 March 2015 Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Workplace Relations Framework outlines changes that the NFF considers will lift productivity in the Australian economy by reducing compliance costs and restoring balance to the framework.
Tags: Workforce
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) said today that legislating the cap on water buybacks under the Murray Darling Basin Plan to 1500 gigalitres (GL) is of utmost importance to irrigation communities. NFF Water Taskforce Chair, Les Gordon, said the decision to cap water buybacks under the Plan to 1500GL has been a stand-alone policy commitment […]
10 March 2015
The NFF’s 5 March 2015 submission outlines that while farmers are not the direct recipients of the regulations imposed by the Water Act 2007 (the Act), they inevitably bear the ultimate cost of those regulations. Referring to its previous submission to the recent review of the Act, NFF notes that a comprehensive evaluation of the […]
Tags: Environment
5 March 2015
The NFF’s 3 March 2015 Freedoms Inquiry Submission outlines certain areas in Commonwealth legislation that, in the NFF’s view, encroach upon the traditional freedoms of Australian farmers. NFF notes key areas of concern, including Commonwealth laws that deal with land use, as well as workplace relations laws that involve general protections and the enterprise bargaining […]
Tags: Environment
3 March 2015
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), Simon Talbot, has cautiously welcomed the announcement that the Government has prescribed the Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes – Food and Grocery) Regulation 2015 – the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct. The Code arose in response to concerns raised in recent years about the […]
2 March 2015
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) said today that it was pleased to see that the Government will continue funding of the Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS). NFF President Brent Finlay welcomed the Government’s rejection of the National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) report’s recommendation to cut the program funding by 20 per cent. “The RFCS is […]
25 February 2015
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